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Intervention Program to Improve Grief-Related Symptoms in Caregivers of Patients Diagnosed With Dementia
The objectives of the present study were to adapt a grief intervention program to family caregivers of patients with dementia, and assess its effectiveness in improving the symptoms of grief and other health-related variables. The intervention was based on Shear and Bloom's grief intervention p...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7905313/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33643160 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.628750 |
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author | Bravo-Benítez, Jorge Cruz-Quintana, Francisco Fernández-Alcántara, Manuel Pérez-Marfil, María Nieves |
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description | The objectives of the present study were to adapt a grief intervention program to family caregivers of patients with dementia, and assess its effectiveness in improving the symptoms of grief and other health-related variables. The intervention was based on Shear and Bloom's grief intervention program, with the necessary adaptations for use in the grieving process for a family member's illness. A total of 52 family caregivers of individuals with dementia participated. They were evaluated using a battery of self-report measures assessing grief, overload, resilience, post-traumatic growth, experiential avoidance, health-related quality of life, and benefits of care. The results suggest that the program is effective in improving grief symptoms, caregiver burden, resilience, post-traumatic growth, and quality of life of family caregivers. It is necessary to create and implement interventions targeting caregivers' feelings and manifestations of ambiguous grief, because there is a lack of programs providing an efficient solution for the mental and physical health of caregivers, and because of the human and socioeconomic cost involved in neglecting this group. |
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spelling | pubmed-79053132021-02-26 Intervention Program to Improve Grief-Related Symptoms in Caregivers of Patients Diagnosed With Dementia Bravo-Benítez, Jorge Cruz-Quintana, Francisco Fernández-Alcántara, Manuel Pérez-Marfil, María Nieves Front Psychol Psychology The objectives of the present study were to adapt a grief intervention program to family caregivers of patients with dementia, and assess its effectiveness in improving the symptoms of grief and other health-related variables. The intervention was based on Shear and Bloom's grief intervention program, with the necessary adaptations for use in the grieving process for a family member's illness. A total of 52 family caregivers of individuals with dementia participated. They were evaluated using a battery of self-report measures assessing grief, overload, resilience, post-traumatic growth, experiential avoidance, health-related quality of life, and benefits of care. The results suggest that the program is effective in improving grief symptoms, caregiver burden, resilience, post-traumatic growth, and quality of life of family caregivers. It is necessary to create and implement interventions targeting caregivers' feelings and manifestations of ambiguous grief, because there is a lack of programs providing an efficient solution for the mental and physical health of caregivers, and because of the human and socioeconomic cost involved in neglecting this group. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7905313/ /pubmed/33643160 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.628750 Text en Copyright © 2021 Bravo-Benítez, Cruz-Quintana, Fernández-Alcántara and Pérez-Marfil. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Bravo-Benítez, Jorge Cruz-Quintana, Francisco Fernández-Alcántara, Manuel Pérez-Marfil, María Nieves Intervention Program to Improve Grief-Related Symptoms in Caregivers of Patients Diagnosed With Dementia |
title | Intervention Program to Improve Grief-Related Symptoms in Caregivers of Patients Diagnosed With Dementia |
title_full | Intervention Program to Improve Grief-Related Symptoms in Caregivers of Patients Diagnosed With Dementia |
title_fullStr | Intervention Program to Improve Grief-Related Symptoms in Caregivers of Patients Diagnosed With Dementia |
title_full_unstemmed | Intervention Program to Improve Grief-Related Symptoms in Caregivers of Patients Diagnosed With Dementia |
title_short | Intervention Program to Improve Grief-Related Symptoms in Caregivers of Patients Diagnosed With Dementia |
title_sort | intervention program to improve grief-related symptoms in caregivers of patients diagnosed with dementia |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7905313/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33643160 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.628750 |
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